It’s official! We are now on Facebook. I’ve fought the idea for a good year. People kept telling me, “Hey! You guys should be on Facebook!” But I kept thinking, “Why?” Why indeed. Hopefully, you’ll hit the Like button below because of any of the following reasons: You like us. Well, that’s a given since
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LEGO Second Christmas 2015
Oh yes my friends… it’s that time of year again, it’s LEGO Second Christmas! Well, there’s no such thing as a LEGO Second Christmas. It’s what I call January 1st, the time of the year when new LEGO sets are released and we flood the stores to pick them up with our Christmas money burning a
The Family Brick 2015 Year In Review
Happy New Year! At this moment, we are probably sleeping in from staying up way too late last night… or we’re getting ready to head out the LEGO store for what I affectionately term “Second Christmas” – the day the new LEGO sets come out for the new year. Either way, we hope you had
What We Opened On Christmas Day
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day with lots of family, food and fun! Our Christmas was a little “LEGO-lite”. The big present around here was an Our Generation doll from Target. Looks just like the girl and she’s been asking for one for a while. So when she came
Hitting Pause For the Week
I had every intention of writing blog posts this week, but as I sit here across from my daughter who is eating her egg and PopTart breakfast, I suddenly find myself wanting to spend this magical week with her… intentionally… and with full attention. I still have work to do, but as far as my
Happy Thanksgiving LEGO Fans!
Happy Thanksgiving LEGO fans! We wish you the happiest of Thanksgivings and hope you enjoy this great holiday season!
We’re Back Up…
In case you couldn’t tell. (Har Har) We had an unscheduled down time period starting sometime last night. Our web host decided to move our website to a newer server, but didn’t bother letting us know so we could inform you ahead of time we would not be up and running for the day. If
Top 5 Easiest LEGO Costume Ideas
With Halloween right around the corner, you know you’re running out of time if you plan on making a LEGO costume for Halloween. You still have the weekend so it’s not too late! Since we’re here to help, here are a few ideas and links for the top 5 easiest LEGO Halloween costumes we’ve come across: 1.
Our LEGO Winter Village MOC
This past weekend at Celebricktion, we unveiled our LEGO Winter Village MOC. It was awesome to see how many people were interested and stopped by our booth to check it out and ask questions on the build. We really had a great time answering all the questions. In case you were one of
Celebricktion 2015 is a week out!
Yes, that’s right! Celebricktion 2015 is a week out and we are sooooo excited to exhibit! We’ve been a bit nervous about the event, but we just had a neighbor’s young son over for a visit. His reaction to our MOC was exactly what we were hoping for, so woot! There are also posters